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Stalag Luft III: The Secret Story

Stalag Luft III is the camp most commonly associated with the Allied prisoner of war experience in World War II Germany. Housing mainly British and American flyers, it was the historical setting for the movie The Great Escape. As with most Hollywood treatments, however, the film blurred the line between fact and fiction. In this volume, the author offers a comprehensive historical examination of what camp life was actually like, from the mundane drudgery of the prisoners' daily lives to their harrowing struggle for survival against an enemy responsible for the deaths of millions. Relying on coded records kept by camp historians, as well as personal interviews, letters, logs, diaries, and declassified government documents, Durand combines scholarship with dramatic narrative.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 432
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780807124437
  • Release date
  • 1999